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... , as he said , not to provoke Carolina . More- over , in November he had replaced old Colonel Gardner , a Northern veteran of " 1812 , " by Anderson the Southerner , in whom he hoped to find 2 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
... , as he said , not to provoke Carolina . More- over , in November he had replaced old Colonel Gardner , a Northern veteran of " 1812 , " by Anderson the Southerner , in whom he hoped to find 2 CAPTAINS OF THE CIVIL WAR.
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... hoped there might yet be peace . While Charleston stood at gaze and Anderson at bay the ferment of secession was working fast in Florida , where another tiny garrison was all the Union had to hold its own . This garrison , under two ...
... hoped there might yet be peace . While Charleston stood at gaze and Anderson at bay the ferment of secession was working fast in Florida , where another tiny garrison was all the Union had to hold its own . This garrison , under two ...
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... hoped to see on the Confederate side . He was him- self a West Virginian , born at Clarksburg ; and it grieved him greatly when West Virginia stood by the Union . Apart from this he did nothing spectacular . The rest was all just sheer ...
... hoped to see on the Confederate side . He was him- self a West Virginian , born at Clarksburg ; and it grieved him greatly when West Virginia stood by the Union . Apart from this he did nothing spectacular . The rest was all just sheer ...
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... momentous consequences . But the River wing was hardly less Ximportant ; for there the Union Government actu- ally hoped to reach these three supreme objectives in this one campaign : the absolute possession of the 116.
... momentous consequences . But the River wing was hardly less Ximportant ; for there the Union Government actu- ally hoped to reach these three supreme objectives in this one campaign : the absolute possession of the 116.
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... hoped to hold the Cum- berland near Logan's Cross Roads and Mill Springs . Westwards from Bowling Green John- ston's line held positions at Fort Donelson on the Cumberland , Fort Henry on the Tennessee , and Columbus on the Mississippi ...
... hoped to hold the Cum- berland near Logan's Cross Roads and Mill Springs . Westwards from Bowling Green John- ston's line held positions at Fort Donelson on the Cumberland , Fort Henry on the Tennessee , and Columbus on the Mississippi ...
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